WO2016197783A2

WO2016197783A2 - Method and apparatus for controlling message transmission

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Publication number: WO2016197783A2
Application number: PCT/CN2016/082086
Authority: WO
Inventors: 吴昊
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2016-03-10
Filing date: 2016-05-13
Publication date: 2016-12-15
Also published as: CN107181777A; WO2016197783A3

Abstract

A method and apparatus for controlling message transmission, the method comprising: a common service element (CSE) obtains a first request message of an application entity (AE), the first request message being used for requesting an application entity of a group of devices to transmit a message carried in the first request message; the CSE invokes a service of a bearer network to transmit the first request message to the application entity of the corresponding group of devices. The present technical solution solves the problem of there being too many commands when identical or similar devices interact with a network server via a bearer network, and thereby significantly reduces signalling.

Description

Method and device for transmitting control message

Technical field

Embodiments of the present invention relate to, but are not limited to, the Internet of Things technology, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for transmitting a control message.

Background technique

In the application scenario of the Internet of Things, the number of terminal devices is much larger than that of a conventional mobile phone terminal, and terminals of the same or similar characteristics provided by the same IoT service provider are deployed in one or several fixed areas, for example, in a forest. The forest fire monitoring device of the Forest Management Center is deployed, and the remote meter reading device of the State Grid is deployed in a community.

For these scenarios, such identical or similar devices belonging to the same service provider have great similarities in interaction with the network server. For example, when the software of the device is remotely upgraded, the data sent by the server to each device is the same. of. According to the current process, it is necessary to send data to these devices one by one. A large number of signaling interactions are generated in the entire sending process. For example, between the service platform and the bearer network, each time a message requesting to send data is sent, a response message to the request is generated at the same time. Further, the interaction between the bearer network and the device also generates a large amount of signaling.

There is currently no effective solution to the problem that too many instructions for the same or similar devices in the related art to interact with the network server through the bearer network.

Summary of the invention

The following is an overview of the topics detailed in this document. This Summary is not intended to limit the scope of the claims.

The embodiment of the invention provides a method and a device for transmitting a control message, so as to at least solve the problem that the same or similar devices in the related art interact with the network server through the bearer network.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for sending a control message, including:

The public service unit CSE obtains the first request message of the application entity AE, where the first request message is used to request that the application entity in the first request message is sent to the application entity of the group of devices;

The CSE calls the service of the bearer network to send the first request message to the corresponding application entity of the group of devices.

Optionally, the service that the CSE invokes the bearer network includes:

The CSE and the bearer network perform signaling interaction, and determine an address and a port of the bearer network element that provides the first request message service;

The CSE sends the first request message to the bearer network by using an address and a port of the bearer network element.

Optionally, the CSE and the bearer network perform signaling interaction, and determining an address and a port of the network element of the bearer network that provides the service for sending the message includes:

Sending, by the CSE, a second request message to the bearer network, where the second request message includes: a quantity of the temporary mobile group identifier TMGI;

Receiving, by the CSE, a first response message that is sent by the bearer network and corresponding to the second request message, where the first response message includes a value of the TMGI and an expiration date of the TMGI;

The CSE sends a third request message to the bearer network, where the third request message includes: a value set as a resource attribute TMGI, and a service area corresponding to the area range of the group of devices;

Receiving, by the CSE, a second response message that is sent by the bearer network and corresponding to the third request message, where the second response message includes a flow identifier and an address of the network element of the bearer network that provides the message service. The address of the network element of the bearer network that provides the message service is the address and port of the broadcast multicast service center BM-SC that sends the message.

Optionally, determining the area range of the group of devices includes:

Determining, according to the application identifier of the target device carried in the first request message, the group of devices, and determining the area range according to the location information of the group of devices.

Optionally, the bearer network element includes:

The 3rd Generation Partnership Project 3GPP Network Element.

The embodiment of the invention further provides a device for sending a control message, which is located in the public service unit CSE, and includes:

An acquiring module, configured to acquire a first request message of the application entity AE, where the first request message requests to send, by the application entity of the group of devices, the message carried in the first request message;

The calling module is set to invoke the service of the bearer network to send the message to the application entity of the group of devices.

Further, the calling module includes:

a determining unit, configured to perform signaling interaction with the bearer network element, and perform signaling interaction with the bearer network to determine an address and a port of the bearer network element that provides the message service;

And sending, by the sending unit, the message to the bearer network by using an address and a port of the bearer network element.

Further, the determining unit is further configured to send a second request message to the bearer network, where the second request message includes: a number of Temporary Mobile Group Identity (TMGI);

The determining unit is further configured to receive a first response message that is sent by the bearer network and that is corresponding to the second request message, where the first response message includes a value of the TMGI, and an expiration date of the TMGI;

The determining unit is further configured to send a third request message to the bearer network, where the third request message includes: a value set as a resource attribute TMGI, and a service area corresponding to the area range of the group of devices;

The determining unit is further configured to receive a second response message that is sent by the bearer network and that is corresponding to the third request message, where the second response message includes a flow identifier and the bearer network element that provides the sent message service. The address of the bearer network element that provides the message service is the address and port of the broadcast multicast service center BM-SC that sends the message.

Further, the determining the area range of the group of devices includes:

Further, the bearer network element includes:

The 3rd Generation Partnership Project 3GPP Network Element.

The embodiment of the invention further provides a computer readable storage medium, which is stored in a computer executable An instruction to execute a method of transmitting any of the above control messages.

The first request message of the AE is obtained by the CSE of the embodiment of the present invention, where the first request message is used to request that the application entity of the group of devices send the message carried in the first request message, where the CSE invokes the service of the bearer network. Sending the message to the application entity of the group of devices solves the problem that too many instructions for the same or similar device to interact with the network server through the bearer network, thereby greatly reducing signaling.

Other features and advantages of the embodiments of the invention will be set forth in the description in the description which The objectives and other advantages of the invention may be realized and obtained by means of the structure particularly pointed in the appended claims.

Other aspects will be apparent upon reading and understanding the drawings and detailed description.

BRIEF abstract

The drawings are intended to provide a further understanding of the embodiments of the present invention, and are intended to be a part of the present invention, and the description of the present invention is not intended to limit the invention. In the drawing:

1 is a flowchart of a method for transmitting a control message according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a structural block diagram of a device for transmitting a control message according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a structural block diagram of a calling module according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a flow diagram of signaling interactions in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Preferred embodiment of the invention

The invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings in conjunction with the embodiments. It should be noted that the embodiments in the present application and the features in the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict.

It is to be understood that the terms "first", "second" and the like in the specification and claims of the present invention are used to distinguish similar objects, and are not necessarily used to describe a particular order or order.

In this embodiment, a method for transmitting a control message is provided, and FIG. 1 is implemented according to the present invention. A flowchart of a method for transmitting a control message, as shown in FIG. 1, the process includes the following steps:

Step S102: The Common Channel Signaling Equipment (CSE) acquires a first request message of an application entity (AE, Application Entity), where the first request message is used to request that the first entity of the group of devices send the first request message. The message carried in the request message;

Step S104: The CSE invokes the service of the bearer network to send the first request message to the application entity of the corresponding group of devices.

The first request message of the AE is obtained by the CSE in the foregoing step, where the first request message is used to request that the application entity in the first request message is sent to the application entity of the group of devices, and the CSE invokes the service of the bearer network. The message is sent to the application entity of the group of devices, which solves the problem that the same or similar device interacts with the network server through the bearer network, thereby greatly reducing the signaling.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, the service that the CSE invokes the bearer network includes:

The CSE sends the first request message to the bearer network by using the address and port of the bearer network element.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, the CSE and the bearer network perform signaling interaction, and determining an address and a port of the bearer network element that provides the first request message service includes:

The CSE sends a second request message to the bearer network, where the second request message includes: a quantity of the temporary mobile group identifier TMGI;

The CSE receives a first response message that is sent by the bearer network and corresponds to the second request message, where the first response message includes a value of the Temporary Mobile Group Identifier (TMGI) and an expiration date of the TMGI;

The CSE receives the second response message that is sent by the bearer network and corresponds to the third request message, where the second response message includes the flow identifier and the address of the network element of the bearer network that provides the temporary mobile group identity service, and provides the temporary mobile group identity service. The address of the bearer network element is the address and port of the Broadcast Multicast Service Center (BM-SC) that sends the message.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, determining a region range of a group of devices includes:

Determining a corresponding group of devices according to the application identifier of the target device carried in the first request message, and determining the region range according to the determined location information of the group of devices.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, the bearer network element includes:

Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP, 3rd Generation Partnership Project) network element.

A device for transmitting a control message is also provided in the embodiment of the present invention. The device is used to implement the foregoing embodiments and preferred embodiments, and details are not described herein. As used below, the term "module" may implement a combination of software and/or hardware of a predetermined function. Although the apparatus described in the following embodiments is preferably implemented in software, hardware, or a combination of software and hardware, is also possible and contemplated.

2 is a structural block diagram of a device for transmitting a control message according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the device includes

The obtaining module 22 is configured to obtain a first request message from the AE, where the first request message requests to send, by the application entity of the group of devices, the message carried in the first request message;

The calling module 24 is connected to the obtaining module 22 and configured to send the first request message to the application entity of the corresponding group of devices by calling the service of the bearer network.

The obtaining module 22 is configured to acquire a first request message of the application entity AE, where the first request message requests to send the message carried in the first request message to an application entity of a group of devices; the calling module 24 is configured to: The service that invokes the bearer network sends the message to the application entity of the group of devices, which solves the problem that the same or similar device interacts with the network server through the bearer network, thereby greatly reducing signaling.

FIG. 3 is a structural block diagram of a calling module 24 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the calling module 24 includes:

The determining unit 32 is configured to perform signaling interaction with the bearer network element, perform signaling interaction with the bearer network, and determine an address and a port of the bearer network element that provides the service for sending the message;

The sending unit 34 is connected to the determining unit 32 and configured to send the first request message to the bearer network through the address and port of the network element of the bearer network.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, the determining unit 32 is further configured to send the second request. The message is sent to the bearer network, and the second request message includes: the number of TMGIs;

The determining unit 32 is further configured to receive a first response message that is sent by the bearer network and that is corresponding to the second request message, where the first response message includes a value of the TMGI, and an expiration date of the TMGI;

The determining unit 32 is further configured to send a third request message to the bearer network, where the third request message includes: a value set as a resource attribute TMGI, and a service area corresponding to the area range of the group of devices;

The determining unit 32 is further configured to receive a second response message that is sent by the bearer network and that is corresponding to the third request message, where the second response message includes a stream identifier and an address of the bearer network element that provides the sending message service, where the sending The address of the bearer network element of a request message service is the address and port of the BM-SC that sends the first request message.

The invention will now be described in detail by means of preferred embodiments and embodiments.

The embodiment of the present invention creates a resource and an attribute for group message transmission on the service platform, and triggers an IN-CSE (Infrastructure Node-Common Service Entity) on the operation of the resource and the attribute. The management unit on the network server performs interaction with the 3GPP network while the settings of resources and attributes serve the signaling interaction between the IN-CSE and the 3GPP network. At the same time, the application-oriented service is provided, so that the application can interface with the MBMS network element through the IN-CSE, so that the application uses the MBMS service to perform data transmission on a group of devices.

According to the technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the network application entity (AE1) requests to send a message to an application entity on a group of devices, and the request is sent to the network CSE. 2. The network CSE invokes the MBMS service of the 3GPP network element, and sends the message sent by the AE1 request to the application entity on the device.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of signaling interaction according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, specific implementation steps of the embodiment include:

Step S402: The AE sends a resource operation request, such as a message sending request, to the CSE, where the message sending request includes: an identifier of the target application, and a message content to be sent; and after receiving the request message, the CSE checks the device corresponding to the identifier of the target application. Identification, and location information deployed. Determine the extent of the zone to which the group message is sent.

Step S404: The CSE sends a TMGI Request (Allocate TMGI Request) message to the 3GPP network element, where the request message includes:

1) the number of TMGI, and / or TMGI;

The number of TMGIs may be indicated by the AE in the request message, or the CSE is set according to the local policy. The default value is 1.

Step S406: The CSE receives an Allocate TMGI Response message of the 3GPP network element, where the allocated TMGI response message includes:

1) TMGI: the value of TMGI allocated by 3GPP;

2) Validity period: The validity period of TMGI. The CSE saves the received TMGI and validity period.

Step S408: The CSE sends an Activate MBMS bearer Request message to the 3GPP network element, where the message includes:

Before this step, the CSE responds to the AE request message and sends a response message to the AE, notifying the AE that it has received its request message.

1) TMGI: set to the value of the attribute "TMGI" of the resource;

2) service area: the area range determined in step S402;

The CSE may need to convert the area range determined in step S402 into area information that can be identified by the 3GPP network or defined by the 3GPP network.

Step S410: The CSE receives an Activate MBMS Bearer Response (3GPP) message, and the response message includes the following information: 1), 2), and/or an expiration time of the TMGI:

1) FlowID: used to associate a TMGI with a service area;

2) 3GPP network element address: BM-SC (broadcast multicast service center) address and port for sending group messages. The CSE saves the received FlowID and 3GPP network element address. The CSE sends the content of the message sent by the AE to the 3GPP network element, that is, the BM-SC, according to the 3GPP network element address received in step S410.

In the above embodiment, the bearer network can provide the multimedia broadcast multicast service, and can send data to the device connected to the 3GPP network in a broadcast manner without the feedback of the device. interest. The service platform establishes a mechanism to use the service provided by the 3GPP network to implement data transmission for a group of identical or similar devices, thereby greatly reducing signaling and saving network resources. The interaction between the application entities of the oneM2M system architecture is implemented by the CSE. When the application entity on the network needs to send a message to the application on the device, it is first sent to the CSE, and then sent by the CSE to the device through the bearer network. The application on the network receives the message sent by the network application entity.

Through the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the method according to the above embodiment can be implemented by means of software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and of course, by hardware, but in many cases, the former is A better implementation. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present invention, which is essential or contributes to the prior art, may be embodied in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, disk, The optical disc includes a number of instructions for causing a terminal device (which may be a cell phone, a computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to perform the methods described in various embodiments of the present invention.

Embodiments of the present invention also provide a storage medium. Optionally, in the embodiment, the foregoing storage medium may be configured to store program code for performing the following steps:

S1. The public service unit CSE acquires a first request message of the application entity AE, where the first request message requests to send a group message to an application entity of a group of devices;

S2. The CSE invokes a multimedia broadcast multicast service MEMS that carries a network element, where the bearer network element sends the group message to an application entity of the group of devices.

Optionally, the storage medium is further arranged to store program code for performing the method steps of the above-described embodiments:

Optionally, in this embodiment, the foregoing storage medium may include, but not limited to, a USB flash drive, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a mobile hard disk, and a magnetic memory. A variety of media that can store program code, such as a disc or a disc.

Optionally, in this embodiment, the processor performs the method steps of the foregoing embodiments according to the stored program code in the storage medium.

Optionally, specific examples in this embodiment may refer to the foregoing embodiment and the optional implementation manner. The described examples are not described herein again.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the various modules or steps of the present invention described above can be implemented by a general-purpose computing device that can be centralized on a single computing device or distributed across a network of multiple computing devices. Alternatively, they may be implemented by program code executable by the computing device such that they may be stored in the storage device by the computing device and, in some cases, may be different from the order herein. The steps shown or described are performed, or they are separately fabricated into individual integrated circuit modules, or a plurality of modules or steps thereof are fabricated as a single integrated circuit module. Thus, the invention is not limited to any specific combination of hardware and software.

The above description is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes can be made to the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and scope of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

Industrial applicability

A method and a device for sending a control message according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein the method includes: a public service unit CSE acquiring a first request message of an application entity AE, where the first request message is used to request an application entity for a group of devices Sending the message carried in the first request message, the CSE invoking the service of the bearer network sends the first request message to the application entity of the corresponding group of devices. The above technical solution solves the problem that too many instructions of the same or similar devices interacting with the network server through the bearer network, thereby greatly reducing signaling.

Claims

A method for transmitting a control message, comprising:

The public service unit CSE obtains the first request message of the application entity AE, where the first request message is used to request that the application entity in the first request message is sent to the application entity of the group of devices;

The CSE calls the service of the bearer network to send the first request message to the corresponding application entity of the group of devices.
The sending method according to claim 1, wherein the CSE invoking a service of the bearer network comprises:

The CSE and the bearer network perform signaling interaction, and determine an address and a port of the bearer network element that provides the first request message service;

The CSE sends the first request message to the bearer network by using the determined address and port of the bearer network element.
The transmitting method according to claim 2, wherein the CSE and the bearer network perform signaling interaction, and determining an address and a port of the network element of the bearer network that provides the service for sending the message includes:

Sending, by the CSE, a second request message to the bearer network, where the second request message includes: a quantity of the temporary mobile group identifier TMGI;

Receiving, by the CSE, a first response message that is sent by the bearer network and corresponding to the second request message, where the first response message includes a value of the TMGI and an expiration date of the TMGI;

The CSE sends a third request message to the bearer network, where the third request message includes: a value set as a resource attribute TMGI, and a service area corresponding to the area range of the group of devices;

Receiving, by the CSE, a second response message that is sent by the bearer network and corresponding to the third request message, where the second response message includes a flow identifier and an address of the network element of the bearer network that provides the message service. The address of the network element of the bearer network that provides the message service is the address and port of the broadcast multicast service center BM-SC that sends the message.
The transmitting method according to claim 3, wherein the determining the area range of the group of devices comprises:

Determining, according to the application identifier of the target device carried in the first request message, the group of devices, and determining the area range according to the location information of the group of devices.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the bearer network element comprises: a third generation partnership plan 3GPP network element.
A sending device for controlling a message, located in a public service unit CSE, comprising:

An acquiring module, configured to acquire a first request message of the AE, where the first request message requests to send, by the application entity of the group of devices, the message carried in the first request message;

The calling module is set to invoke the service of the bearer network to send the message to the application entity of the group of devices.
The transmitting device according to claim 6, wherein the calling module comprises:

a determining unit, configured to perform signaling interaction with the bearer network element, and perform signaling interaction with the bearer network to determine an address and a port of the bearer network element that provides the message service;

And sending, by the sending unit, the message to the bearer network by using an address and a port of the bearer network element.
The transmitting device according to claim 7, wherein

The determining unit is further configured to send a second request message to the bearer network, where the second request message includes: a quantity of the temporary mobile group identifier TMGI;

The determining unit is further configured to receive a first response message that is sent by the bearer network and that is corresponding to the second request message, where the first response message includes a value of the TMGI, and an expiration date of the TMGI;

The determining unit is further configured to send a third request message to the bearer network, where the third request message includes: a value set as a resource attribute TMGI, and a service area corresponding to the area range of the group of devices;

The determining unit is further configured to receive a second response message that is sent by the bearer network and that is corresponding to the third request message, where the second response message includes a flow identifier and the bearer network element that provides the sent message service. The address of the bearer network element that provides the message service is the address and port of the broadcast multicast service center BM-SC that sends the message.
The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the determining the range of the area of the group of devices comprises:

Determining, according to the application identifier of the target device carried in the first request message, the group of devices, and determining the area range according to the location information of the group of devices.
The apparatus according to any one of claims 6 to 9, wherein the bearer network element comprises: a 3GPP network element.
A computer readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions for performing a method of transmitting a control message of any one of rights 1 to 5.